History of Cheatham County Tennessee United States of America

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William Henry Hulme, educator, was born in Cheatham county, Tenn., Oct. 25, 1862: son of Fountain Eliot and Lucy Anderson (Phillips) Hulme, and grandson of Henry Clayton and Lucy Anderson (Wright) Hulme, and of Benjamin and Harriet (Allen) Phillips. He attened the country schools of Tennessee and the Webb Training school of Bell Buckle, Tenn.; was graduated from Vanderbilt university, Nashville, Tenn., A.B., 1890, and was a graduate student at the Vanderbilt university, 1890-91, and at the Universities of Leipzig, Jena and Freiburg, Germany, 1891-94. He was a teacher in the Webb school, 1884-85: fellow in Greek at Vanderbilt university, 1889-90; teacher of English and mathematics at the University school, Nashville, Tenn., 1890-91; instructor in German at Western Reserve university, Cleveland, Ohio, 1894-96; was elected associate professor of English in the college for women at Western Reserve university in 1896, and professor of English in 1900. The degree of Ph.D. was conferred on him by the University of Freiburg in 1894. He was married, July 10, 1897, to Hedwig Eugenie, daughter of Constantine and Eugenic (Haas) Haas of Freiburg in Baden, Germany. He is the author of: "The Old English Version of the Gospel of Nicodemus ;" and contributions to the publications of the Modern Language Association of America, and other periodicals,

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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